Did you and BL plant all of your garden area, or did you get some of it when you got the house? (Do I recall that you lived there twice?) Someone there has quite the green thumb!

I don't have as much time as I'd like for gardening, so our house doesn't have a lot, although we have room for lots and lots. We have a different set of challenges for gardening: the growing season is long, but our soil is not great, and it gets so hot starting about now and running through September.

@ Glenna .. we moved in about 8 years ago and the ground was essentially a blank piece of fabric and we sketched our own sampler and went to work! A major project/addition every year. I will try to remember to show a "before" picture later. Our soil is not very good either - we sit atop what is left from a glacier. So all our garden areas have been hand-dug, screened, rocks discarded, amendments added, and put back down! (Long days in many cool springs!) We can't grow things like peppers, and even tomatoes are dicey - although we have varieties that do pretty well here with our cool nights.

Love your garden. I sympathize about the rocks. I made the pile of rocks taken from our gardens into a rock garden. They also are part of the foundation under the sheds, then we started filling up the neighbor's vacant lot.... Rocks are the best crop around here.

@ Lisa: Mine fight through the walls of their condos ... they are NOT good neighbors! I can't let them run around the sunroom anymore. Mr. Jamal got his eyelid hurt sticking his face in where it didn't belong.